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Gabriel's Marriage

Wilkie Collins

First published 1856
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

"The scene is Brittany at the time of the French Revolution. Gabriel Sarzeau becomes estranged from his fisherman father when he discovers that he committed a murder. Before his marriage, Gabriel confesses his knowledge to Father Paul, a fugitive priest. Father Paul reveals that he was the victim but survived his wounds. He performs the marriage ceremony, forgives his attacker, and reconciles father and son."—<a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="http://www.wilkie-collins.info/books_little_novels.htm">Wilkie Collins Information Pages</a>

Supernatural content (or rather, believed supernatural by the character who speaks): At the start of the story, a superstitious old man describes portents of doom for his son and signs of his own impending death.
First published in Household Words Apr 16-23, 1853

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1856 After Dark Tauchnitz Collection 218
February 1856 Cover After Dark Smith, Elder & Co. Collection |5
1862 Cover After Dark Smith, Elder & Co. Collection
1875 Cover After Dark and Other Stories Harper & Brothers Omnibus 177
1894 After Dark Chatto & Windus Collection |6
1935 Cover A Century of Thrillers: Second Series Daily Express Publications Anthology 841
October 1994 Cover Thrillers: A Classic Collection Bracken Books Anthology 559
1996 Cover Thrillers: A Classic Collection Leopard Anthology 559
October 2008 After Dark Project Gutenberg Collection
July 2009 Cover The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Wilkie Collins: Volume 3 Leonaur Ltd Collection
July 2009 Cover The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Wilkie Collins: Volume 3 Leonaur Ltd Collection
August 2011 Cover After Dark Nabu Press Collection
September 2011 Cover After Dark Dunda Books Collection |6